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After: Elegantly Restored Binding, 2018
Before and After: Restoration of Howard-Tilton’s Kelmscott Chaucer
Before and After: Restoration of Howard-Tilton’s Kelmscott Chaucer
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After: Elegantly Restored Binding, 2018
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Exhibit Sections
Before: Original and Now Tattered and Crumbling Linen Binding, 2017
After: Elegantly Restored Binding, 2018
Before: Broken Spine, Pages Falling Out
After: A New Book!
Title Page Verso
Title Page Recto
Selected Pages from the Kelmscott Chaucer
William Morris’ Original White Pigskin Binding
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Title: Howard-Tilton's Kelmscott Chaucer: printed by William Morris in 1896, binding restored by Tulane Libraries in 2018. The works of Geoffrey Chaucer, now newly imprinted.
Caption: Freshly restored front binding, 2018
Description: AFTER: new front binding, designed and crafted by Sabrena Johnson, Howard-Tilton Conservation Librarian Clicking on image increases its size
Creator: Geoffrey Chaucer
Publisher: Kelmscott Press
Date: 1896
Tulane Conservation Librarian Sabrena Johnson answered William Morris’ call for each owner to create a sturdy, beautiful, and durable binding for the book.
Exhibit Sections
Before: Original and Now Tattered and Crumbling Linen Binding, 2017
After: Elegantly Restored Binding, 2018
Before: Broken Spine, Pages Falling Out
After: A New Book!
Title Page Verso
Title Page Recto
Selected Pages from the Kelmscott Chaucer
William Morris’ Original White Pigskin Binding